Latest Biology News & Discoveries

Natural Selection Explained in Simple Terms

What Is Biological Evolution and How Does It Work?

What Is the Difference Between a Virus and a Bacterium?

What Is Metagenomics and Why Does It Matter?

Microbial Fuel Cells: Can Bacteria Generate Electricity?

How Synthetic Biology Engineers Microbes for New Uses

The Use of Microbes in Making Antibiotics

Fermentation: How Microorganisms Make Food and Drink

How Microbes Are Used in Biotechnology

Immune Evasion: How Pathogens Outsmart Our Defenses

What Is Inflammation and How Do Microbes Trigger It?

The Microbiome and Its Role in Immune Regulation

What Are Autoimmune Diseases and How Are Microbes Involved?

Innate vs Adaptive Immunity Explained

What Are Cytokines and How Do They Signal Immune Responses?

The Role of White Blood Cells in Fighting Infection

What Are Antigens and Antibodies?

How the Immune System Detects Invaders

Algae: Protists That Power Ocean Life

Plasmodium and Malaria: A Deadly Protist

How Protists Move: Flagella, Cilia, and Pseudopodia

Amoebas, Paramecia, and Euglena: Microscopic Marvels

What Are Protists and Why Are They Hard to Classify?

Dangerous Fungi: From Athlete’s Foot to Candida Infections

What Are Yeasts and How Are They Used in Industry?

The Role of Fungi in Decomposition and Ecosystems

How Fungi Reproduce: Spores, Hyphae, and Mycelium

Half a Billion Years Later We Finally Know How This Prehistoric Creature Walked

300000 Years Ago Reindeer Walked With Humans in Spain and This Fossil Proves It

Scientists Discover a Prehistoric Predator That Hunted With Power Not Speed